Jean-Benoit Pilet: Role: Jean-Benoit Pilet is professor of political science at Université libre de Bruxelles
(ULB). He works on elections, political parties, and democratic reforms. He has recently
co-authored Faces on the Ballot. The Personalization of Electoral Systems in Europe
(OUP, 2016, with Alan Renwick) and The Politics of Party Leadership (OUP, 2016, with
William Cross).
Maria Jimena Sanhuza: Role: Maria Jimena Sanhueza is PhD Researcher in Political Science at Universite Libre
de Bruxelles where she is associated to three projects studying Belgian politics.
Her research focuses on citizenship, representation and democracy. Before starting
her PhD, Maria Jimena worked as assistant researcher for EU HORIZON 2020 projects
Pathways to Power and Solidarity in Times on Crisis, and co-authored a few publications
on European democracies and representation.
David Talukder: Role: David Talukder is PhD candidate at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
He is conducting a thesis on the reform of representative democracy, looking at disadvantaged
groups’ evaluation of representative democracy and demands for procedural democratic
reforms. His main research interests are related to procedural democratic reforms,
participatory democracy and democratic innovations.
Jérémy Dodeigne: Role: Jérémy Dodeigne is associate professor in political science at the Université
de Namur. His research areas cover the study of political representation in multilevel
systems, local politics, comparative politics and mixed methods research designs.
His work appears in journals such as
Party Politics, American Behavioral Scientist, Local Government Studies, Regional
& Federal Studies, Government & Opposition
, and
Representation.
Audrey E. Brennan: Role: Audrey E. Brennan is completing a joint doctorate in political science at Université
libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Université Laval. Her research interests are political
parties, elections, and political participation. Her dissertation studies the effect
of leadership change mechanisms on the long-term behaviour of political party members.
Journal ID (publisher): PLC
Title:
Politics of the Low Countries
Publisher:
Eleven International Publishing
(The Hague
)
ISSN:
2589-9929
Publication date Created:
November
2019
Volume: 1
Issue: 3
,
Special issue: Local Politics in the Low Countries
Pages: 182-204 (pp. 182-204)
Author notes
This research project has been conducted with the support of the Belgian FNRS (Fonds
national de la recherche scientifique) and of the Walloon Regional Ministry for Local
Affairs. We would like to thank in particular Séverine Karko and Julie Juvijns (SPW,
DO pouvoirs locaux) for their support in getting access to the ballot papers.
Article
Publisher ID:
PLC_2589-9929_2019_001_003_003
DOI: 10.5553/PLC/258999292019001003003
SO-VID: 077dad20-bacb-469e-875d-40a3b58369e3